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Hope College — Holland, Michigan
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Fish or Flu Causes illness! In the early hours of Saturday morning and during that entire day last weekend a sudden outbreak of illness caused considerable confusion and speculation around the campus. Almost 200 cases of the illness of a somewhat mysterious source were reported by the Health Clinic.
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David Wyma
Abla Maure Antar
On Saturday, October 21, when the cases started coming into the Clinic, the Clinic immediately notifed Holland's Director of Environmental C o n t r o l , Sam Stephenson, who took samples of the food which was still available and sent it to the laboratory for analysis. At the same time. Slater Food Service notifed its
Wyma and Antar Attend American University Abla Maure Antar, a political science-English lit. major, and David Wyma, a senior political science-Englsh major are in the nation's capital this fall participating in the American University's Washington Semester Program. Miss Antar and Mr. Wyma, along with nearly 100 other topflight students from about 100 colleges and universities across the United States, will take part in an extensive program designed to acquaint the student with a first-hand working knowledge of national government in action. Under the auspices of the University's School of Government and Public Administration, the students will engage in a four-fold operation between now and the end of the semester in February.
guidance of their faculty advisers. And, they will be free to participate in any of a number of cultural activities that abound in the Washington area. Each year, high-caliber students — usually history or political science majors — are selected for the Washington Semester Program of the University. Two Washington Semesters are held each year — one running from September to January and the other from February through June. This year, the 14th for the Program, a total of over 200 students from 92 schools will take part in the two identical Semesters. The Washington Semester has been called the only educational program in this country — or probably in the world — where so many institutes of higher learning work cooperatively.
First, they will participate in a continuing seminar which will bring them into close contact with a wide range of Federal activities. Here, they will meet with Senators, Congressmen, lobbyists and other government personalities while on field trips designed to show them just how Freshman class Officers elected the Federal Government oper- • at a recent class meeting are: . ates. Paul Ransford from Richmond, Each student will be required Virginia, president; Dean Overto submit a written project on man from South Holland, Illisome political activity either in historic perspective or in treat- nois, vice-president; Mary Sagendorf from Grand Rapids, ment of a current problem. Michigan, secretary; and Bruce Third, the students will attend regular class sessions of the Neckers, from Clymer, New University, selected under the York, treasurer.
Freshman Elect Class Officers
Concert Series 1961-62 Community Concert Series Monday, December 4 Rise Stevens, Metropolitan Opera Soprano Wednesday, January 24 Beaux Arts Trio. Wednesday, February 28 Tucson, Arizona B o y s Choir Saturday, March 7 St. L o u i s Symphony Orchestra
supervisory officials, Mr. Dresner and Mr. Koehler, who came to Holland to assist in the investigation. In addition to the food analysis which showed only negative results, several food handlers were given physical check-ups to ascertain whether they could possibly be carriers of the illness. No such evidence was found. The College Doctor, O. Van Der Velde, M.D., has made the following statement, "There has been a rather mild epidemic of 'stomach and bowel flu' among the students at Hope and also among our civilian population
Publication Board Meets on Opus This week the Opus Editorial Board has presented a new organizational set-up with elected Editor at its head. The Board is made up of 7 members: Ed Small, Jud Emerick, Bob Jaehnig. Barb Walvoord, Jean Louret, Mary DeVelder, Lynn Adams, who have been chosen on satisfactory merits of critical ability in literature. Constitutionally s i m i l a r , a charter has been drawn up by the Board and approved by the Publications Committee. It runs as follows: each member will read each piece and rate it on a numerical basis. Afterwards the ratings will be decided mathematically. Each member will have charge of a section of the literature. The Board will make all major decisions, but the Editor will have final responsibility for production and his veto can be overridden by a two-thirds vote of the Board.
for the past two weeks. This is not unusual as it appears almost annually. However, the recent sudden m a s s i v e outbreak of similar, but more severe, symptoms could only be considered clinically as food poisoning. "This diagnosis is fully in agreement with the diagnosis of the Ottawa County and Michigan State Health Department, even though the State Laboratory could not confirm it by sample food examination. Laboratory tests are used merely as an adjunct to confirm a clinical diagnosis. A negative laboratory report does not mean a wrong clinical diagnosis. "The recent food poisoning on our campus is not a reflection upon the college or its food service. The facilities and personnel are A-l. It is surprising to me, and to the State Health Department," said Doctor Van Der Velde, "that we and other similar schools who are are required to prepare great quantities of food for thousands of meals, have not had similar incidents more frequently. Similar incidents occur in private homes where food quantities are small and food handlers are few."
President Recruits In East
Dr. John Hollenbach, VicePresident of the College, made this comment on the situation. "The unusual incidence of stomach disorders last weekend was a cause of concern to the campus community. As chief administrative officer on the campus at the time, I can report that the Health Center and the Slater Food Service moved to- investigate this m a t t e r both promptly and thoroughly, in efforts to trace the illness to its source, and they kept in constant touch with members of the administration to discuss their findings.
Presidents of three Michigan liberal arts colleges, including Dr. Irwin J. Lubbers, President of Hope College, traveled eastward this past week to represent their colleges to high schools in the Boston, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecticut areas. Accompanying Dr. Lubbers on the trip are Dr. Weimer K. Hicks, President of Kalamazoo College, and Dr. Louis W. Norris, President of Albion College. As representatives of the Michigan College Foundation, the three addressed the eastern high schools at the invitation of the schools themselves. Hope, Albion and Kalamazoo are consideredsuperior liberal arts colleges whose enrollment from the East is large. In addition, church affiliation draws many Eastern students to Hope and the several other Michigan colleges. Small colleges of the type belonging to the Michigan College Foundation are becoming increasingly important. Said Dr. Lubbers, "The trip is very significant to us. For years the Eastern private schools have acted as magnets, pulling students from the Midwest. Now we've become magnets ourselves."
"We concur in the conclusions reached that this outbreak of stomach illness is the kind of occurrence which can and does take place occasionally in college communities, in which students and staff are working and eating together, and that, as in this case, the exact source is difficult to trace. We are convinced that there was no negligence .involved here and that, as in the past, every possible precaution will continue to be taken to prevent such illnesses."
Saturday, April 14 Lee Luvisi, Pianist All concerts will be given at Civic Center at 8:00 p.m. Student season tickets will be made available for $3.00 early in November.
SPEECH REVIEW
Pearson Informs on Two Days With Khrushchev by Linda Walvoord In Dimnent Chapel last Friday, a prominent A m e r i c a n newsman. Drew Pearson, sketched with a few deft observations both a man and a problem. The man is Khrushchev—not only the Khrushchev of page one. New York Times, but Khrushchev, the jovial week-end host of Washington reporter Drew Pearson. Recounting a two-day interview from which he has just returned, Pearson informally introduced Khrushchev the master of camaraderie, Khrushchev the farming export, Khrushchev the commentator on American polictics, Khrushchev
the man who calls Nixon "an actor" and Kennedy " a man you can respect. . ." From Mr. Pearson's outlines emerge the "many faces of Khrushchev", and perhaps a key to the collapse of the "rosy friendship" which sprang up between Camp David and the Viennt conferences of this summer. This friendship was perhaps never intended, built partly on just camaraderie. It was crushed by a U-2, by a White House rebuff, and in Cuba, by a combination of "hard luck and bad judgment." Now in October, with the man-for-man threat is-
sued at Vienna and the 600,000 Soviet and 200,000 Western troops ranged along German's internal border, Pearson recognizes, "The drift toward war is perhaps more dangerous than at any time since Pearl Harbor." COMPETITION: NOT COMBAT Beyond this informal sketch of this week-end host, Mrs. Pearr son's most significant remarks concerned not the man, but the paramount question: Is a nuclear war with Russia imminent in the present world situation? Mr. Pearson believes that neither Mr. Khrushchev nor Mr. (Continued on page 2)
Drew Pearson answers questions from chapel as Norm Kansfield looks on.
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